Lichtkegel
German, noun/ˈlɪçtˌkeːɡl̩/
Lichtkegel is spelled L-I-C-H-T-K-E-G-E-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 86,281st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lichtkegel is a German masculine noun meaning “light beam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kegelförmiger Bereich, der von einer Lampe erhellt wird”.
What does Lichtkegel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelight beam
- 2
masculinelight cone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kegelförmiger Bereich, der von einer Lampe erhellt wird 2. Menge aller Ereignisse E’, die sich mit Lichtgeschwindigkeit auf ein Ereignis E auswirken oder vom Ereignis E mit Lichtgeschwindigkeit beeinflusst werden können
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Lichtkegel
- Lichtkegels genitive
- Lichtkegeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lichtkegel?
- /ˈlɪçtˌkeːɡl̩/
- [ˈlɪçtˌkeːɡl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lichtkegel in German?
Lichtkegel appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).